September 15 :: World-wide Holidays

Holidays and observances

• International Day of Democracy.


• In ancient Greece, the second day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the priests of Demeter declared the public start of the rites.


• Catholic Calendar of Saints - Feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows.


• Also see September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).


• The United Kingdom - the British commemorate the Battle of Britain on the day of the last massive Luftwaffe attack in 1940.


• Japan - Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.


• Thailand - Silpa Bhirasri Day.


• In India Engineer's Day celebrated on birthday of Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya.


• Slovenia - Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day